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Topic: Icon writing course (Read 2868 times)

Hi! I am unsure where to post this question, so I hope it's in the right place.

Lately, I have wanted to learn how to write icons, and coincidentally there is a class starting at our local craft store. However, I know that there are a lot of people out there that write very questionable icons and don't follow the rules and that is not what I want to learn!

What can I ask or what should I look for to find out if this would be a good course to take? I have been unable to find out anything about the instructor on the internet.

I would look for the depth of spirituality taught as a part of the class. All Iconography classes I have taken have been sponsored on Church property with the daily services incorporated into the class time to add spiritual dimension. This may nt be offered in the class at the carft store.

Heresy! I, for one, only like icon SCRATCHING courses, since that's the original Homeric Greek meaning of grapho.

Actually one of the steps in making an icon is to etch the design into the gesso so it will present the drawing of the icon even when paint is applied and drawn lines would disappear. I was taught that the best hand painted or handwritten icons will show this etching when looked at from a certain angle. It apparrently is one of the things that is used to rate the quality of the icon by art dealers.

I know that there is an Iconographer in Boston who is doing sessions as well. He doesn't have a school, but he has his own studio set up right by a church in the area.

Are you saying that this is an online Iconography course? How does that work?

Our local craft store offers classes you can take on a variety of things. I noticed when I was there that an icon painting course was being offered. It is 12 hours over the course of the month and it teaches Russian style. I have been unable to find out any information about the instructor online, so would have to call. The thing is I have no idea what to ask her if I did call her.

No, no. Some people foist a lot of theological meaning on their translation of grapho, as if the only correct translation is "writing."

In all dialects of Ancient Greek, however, the word is highly adaptable. When one is painting something, grapho means painting. When one is etching, it means etching. When ones is writing, it means writing. Xenophon even uses it to mean "propose."

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But for I am a man not textueel I wol noght telle of textes neuer a deel. (Chaucer, The Manciple's Tale, 1.131)

No, no. Some people foist a lot of theological meaning on their translation of grapho, as if the only correct translation is "writing."

In all dialects of Ancient Greek, however, the word is highly adaptable. When one is painting something, grapho means painting. When one is etching, it means etching. When ones is writing, it means writing. Xenophon even uses it to mean "propose."